Who's done a calendar with their 12 Caesars coins?

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    The thought just dawned on me. Twelve Caesars... twelve coins... twelve months in the year. Might be fun to create a calendar, add some historical info about each ruler under each coin picture, then add a quick, general description of what's on the coin (in terminology understandable by the general public), and have some calendars done up for 2026 as gifts for friends and family.

    It's such a simple idea, I'm sure it has occurred to someone before, and not just our photo pros who normally create calendars.

    I just did this quickie layout, in one image.

    Might be a fun idea to play with, later in the year. What do you think? 12 collage.png
     
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    lordmarcovan, Jun 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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  3. tibor

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    I would be a buyer of one these calendars.
    Those who choose to partipate in this project
    keep us up to date.
     
    tibor, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I wouldn't let you buy one. I hereby promise to give you one... if they ever get made.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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  5. CoinCorgi

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    I'm sure you can come up with a theme for March.
     
    CoinCorgi, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Yeah, but the problem there is that if the Caesars are put in chronological order, ol' Julius comes in January, not March.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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  7. Croatian Coin Collector

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    It is an interesting idea, but I don't have coins of Tiberius, Claudius, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Titus, so I can't do it.
     
    Croatian Coin Collector, Jun 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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  8. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I think I could even make a desk calendar with one-a-day coin photos, though 365 days might have me dipping into my cheapo extra stuff once I ran out of collection stuff to showcase.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jun 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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    GinoLR, Jun 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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  10. lordmarcovan

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    lordmarcovan, Jun 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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  11. philologus_1

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    Hmmm... Creative out-of-the-box thinking could make the project more interesting than the normally expected (read: boring) chronological order. Taking the idea @CoinCorgi mentioned would put Julius Caesar in March in a humorous but apt way. I'd suggest that Caesar Augustus could be August (again humorously apt). For the remaining 10 use key dates during their lives such as their birth date, death date, post-death date of their official deification (or of their damnatio memoriae), key battle victory dates, dates of key decisions or legislation they made, etc.
     
    philologus_1, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Most recipients of the calendar would be non-numismatic civilians; many with only a slight grasp of the history. Don’t wanna confuse them or skew the chronology by getting cute or including inside jokes, fun though that could be to a specialized numismatic audience.

    BUT… some of these suggestions do bear consideration.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jun 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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  13. RonSanderson

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    I’m afraid Julius must be put in July, Augustus in August, and Octavius in October. I haven’t looked it up, but they renamed the months in their honor, and stoled days from February, so how could you put them anywhere else?

    Of course, you could use the original latin names for each month.

    breakdown:
    • Julius Caesar and Augustus:
      Julius Caesar had the month of Quintilis renamed to July in his honor after his death.Subsequently, the month of Sextilis was renamed August after Augustus Caesar.
    • Other Emperors:
      • Caligula renamed September as Germanicus after his father.
      • Nero renamed April as Neroneus, May as Claudius, and June as Germanicus.
      • Domitian renamed September as Germanicus and October as Domitianus.
      • Commodus attempted to rename all the months after himself, but this change was not permanent.
    • Why it wasn't consistent:
      Many of the month renamings by emperors were short-lived, with the original names eventually returning. This suggests that while emperors might have had the power to rename months, the changes were often not popular or widely adopted, and ultimately, the names reverted after their reigns.
     
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